Teledyne Optech is a for-profit company operating since 1974, and focusing on Laser-based survey systems.
Optech's founder is Allan Carswell, who in 2006 received the John H. Chapman Award of Excellence by the Canadian Space Agency.
[3] The company is described as a world leader in laser-based survey instruments[4] and has 33 years of experience in lidars.
[8] Dr Carswell was also the originating Canadian Principal Investigator for the Phoenix mission.
[4] Optech, in association with MDA, also provided the lidar sensors of the United States Air Force's XSS-11 mission.